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\NINFIE LD H. YOST, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC. CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO RODGFIB. BALLAST CAR COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A CORPORATION OF MAINE.-

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed July 6, 1908. Serial 110.442.106.

To all ie/mm. it may concern Beit known that I, YVINrInLo H. Yos'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montreal, 'in the county of Hochelaga, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful In'ipro-vements in Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved'dump'car.

Other objects are to provide a hopper bottom dump car having an improved construction of the under framework between the end of the car and the hopper; to pro-. vide an improved side stake and connection between the same and the under framework of the car; to provide improved: corner stakes that shall be adapted to properly coact with an unloading plow; to provide a sectional construction ofdump oar doors; and to provide. means for properly directing the dumped material as it discharges through the door opening.

I These and various other objects will be made apparent in the following specification and claims taken in connection with the, accompanying drawings. In the particular embodiment of-my invention which I have chosen to illustrate and .describeall these objects have been attained in a con- 'vertible dump in which is adapted to be operated either a flat bottom car dumping through the side walls, or as a hopper bottom dumping through a bottom door. In the dmwings-Figure 1 is an end ele- .vation of the car. Fig. 2 is a. transverse section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one end of the car. Fig.3 is a view of a detail of the door .construction looking in the direction of the arrow designated 3* in Fig. 2. l is a vertical longitudinal section through one end of the car. Fig. 5 1s a top plan view of one end, the parts being shown seotionally. Fig. 6 is a top plan View of the intermediate part of the car, certain parts being shown sectionally. Fig. 7 is a transverse section of the car through the body bolster also showing a corner stake in elevation. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8, 8 of Fig. 7', this view being enlarged somewhat. Fig. 9 is a detail view showing the side stake in elevation in its relation to the side sill which is shownin section. Fig. 10 shows the top end of the side stake in elevation and the top rail of the side wall of 1 adapted to lie flat in the same plane therethe car in section. Fig. 11 is a section on the line 11. ll of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a horizontal section on the line 12, 12 of Fig. T.

The end wall. of the car is represented by the reference numeral 15. movable and can either be placed in its normal position at the end of the car or when desired can be moved over to the position indicated as 15 in Fig. 6, thus excluding. the part ofthe car immediately above the trucks from the space adapted to carry ma,- terial. The side walls of the car comprise doors I? hanging by hinges from the top side rails 16.

The floor sections 20 are hinged at 19 adjacent to the stationary sections 18 and are with, as indicated on the left ofFig. 2 or cated in the right of Fig. 2. It should be stated at this point that the hinged sections 20 do not extend the full length of the car, but only bet-ween the trucks. The floor over the trucks is indicated by the reference nu meral 21, as shown in Fig. 4, and extends across continuously from one side of the car to the other. Between the trucks the sloping fioor section 22 extends downwardly and inwardly from the inner edge of one of the side floor sections 18. Opposed to this are the doors 2+1.- hinged at their upper edges At the ends of the hopper bottom formed by the members 22 and it there is,

' under the car. This shaft 27 is adapted to This end wall is The car floor comprises the stati..'nary floor sections 18 on either side.

15 to lean back against the side wall, as indibe rotated by means of the lever 28, which has a pawl 29 adapted to engage -a ratchetwheel 30 on the shaft. A dog 31 pivoted at 32 is adapted to lock the shaft in any position and thus lock the door 24 in closed position when desired.

'llavn g now given an outline description of the general construction of the car disclosed in this specification, 1 will proceed todesorib'c in detail the various features which ,1

are more particularly involved in my in-' vention.

Closely adjacent. to the end of the hopper bottom is the transverse sub-bolster 35, shown in Fig: The ends-of thisnrc attaehed by means of the tlanges 37 to the intermediate sills .36. The end sill of the car is represented by the reference numeral 38. Between the en sill 38 and the sub-bolster 35 extend the continuous channel beams 39,

which constitute the center sill of the car.

sections d1 of the bolster extend between I below this.

the intermediate sills 36 and the side sills 4: being secured to the latter by angle-iron corner pieces 45. The sections 43 of the bolster extend between the two members 39 of the center sill. Overlying all these sections of the bolster is the transverse horizontal plate 46, which extends clear across from side sill to side silll This is reinforced by a smaller overlying plate 47. Underlying the sections of the bolster is the wide transverse plate 48, which is of sutiicient width to extend to the sub-bolster 35 and is attached thereto. The outline of this underplate 48 is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5. A smaller reinforcing plate 49 is attached It will be observed that the intermediate sills and the side sills extend continuously throughout the lengthoi the car, while the center sill extends continu; ously from the end sill to the sub-bolster. The overlying and underlying plates 4:6, 47, 48 and and the extension of the plate 48 to the sub-bolster 35 make the main bolster very strong so as to enable it to withstand butting shocks.

The side stakes are each formed by placing a channel section 51 and an angle iron section with their webs adjacent, as seen in Fig; 5., A transverse gusset plate 52 is inserted between the intermediate sill 36 and the side sill 42, as shown in Fig. 2-. A small piece (39 is riveted to the bottom end of the side stake 50-51 and projects downwardly therefrom and a horizontal angle- -iron 53 is riveted to this piece (59 and. to the gusset plate 52. Another gusset plate 54 has one end riveted to the side stake HO -51 and extends across over the side sill 42, as indicated in Fig. 9i A. plate (see Figs. 5 and 9) is riveted to the top flanges of the side sill 1-2 and thc intern'iediate sill 3t and. the gusset plate 54- is in turn rivetedto the plate 55. This makes a strong construe tion for supporting the side stakes, the members 53 and 54 being spaced far enough apart to resistthe leverage of the side stake, and the rivets through these members being subjected to a shearing stress.

Each, corner stake is made of a channel stake 5G in combination with a pressed shape 57. For a certain distance above the floor level the pressed shape 57 is bent around in a curved portion 58, as shown in Fig. 12,

and this is reinforced by a corresponding stand shocks from the plow. The side stake members 50 and 51 are also riveted to curved members T0 on their inner i'aees, see Figs. 5 and 9 similar to the members (32 and for a similar purpose.

The hopper door 24 is made in sections and the sections are hinged separately, but are then united along their adjacent edges both by means of the overlapping plates 59 (see Fig. 6) and the edge straps 60 (see Figs. 1 and'2). It is much more convenient in manufacturing the doors to make them separate and hang them separately, but tlu-n'ea't'ter it is advantageous to unite them so as to operate them practically as one door. The structure. just described accomplishes these results.

The transverse plate 61 (see Fig. 1 is placed across each end of the composite oor 24. Thus it will be seen that as the door swings on its hinge axis 23 the end of the door will always abut closely against the diaphragm (31. Thus the only opening that will be afforded for the escape of material from the car will be between the free lower edge of the door 24 and the opposed lower edge of the sloping floor section 22. The diaphragm G1 prevents dumped material from getting over into the trucks or getting back and piling on the rail on the door side of the car when the door is open. a

It will be noted that certain features of my invention are applicable to cars of a wide variety of typesand are not limited to the type of car disclosed.

I claim:

1.. In a hopper bottom car, an end sill, a main bolster, a sub-bolster, and longitudinal sill members extending continuously from the end sill to the sub-bolster, the main bolster comprising sections lying between the said longitudinal sill members.

2. In a hopper bottom car, an end sill, a

main bolster, a sub-bolster, intermediate sills extending the whole length of the car, said sub-bolster extending continuously across between them, and a center sill extending continuously from the end sill to the subbolster, the main bolster comprising sect-ions lying between the side, inter mediate and center sills.

3. In a hopper bottom car, an end sill, a main bolster, a sub-bolster, longitudinal sill members extending continuously from the end sill to the sub-bolster, the main bolster comprising sections lyingbetween 1 $511, a transverse diaphragm connecting the said longitudinal sill members, and an underlying plat-e attached to and extending between the mainbolster and the sub bolster.

4. In a hopper bottom car, an end sill, a main bolster, a sub-bolster, and longitudinal vsill members extending. continuousl from the end sill to the sub-bolster, the main holster emnprising vertical sections lying between the said longitudinal sill members and top and bottom horizontal cover plates extending continuously across the longitudinal sill inen'ibers.

5. In a car,a side sill, an intermediate them, a side stake'having its lower end attached to the outer face of the side sill, a

connecting member below the side sill from the diaphragm to the lower end of the side stake, and a connecting member across above the side sill from the side stake to the top of the intermediate sill.

Glln a car, a side sill, an intermediate sill, a diaphragm between them, a side stake attached to the outside of the side sill opposite the diaphragm, and connecting members above and below the side sill from the side stake to the diaphragm.

In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name.

WVINFIELD H. YOST. Witnesses ROBERT M. ZIMMERMAN, BRITON OPSMITIL 

